Peter W. Strader

Who was Peter W. Strader?

Peter Wilson Strader was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Shawnee, New Jersey, Strader moved with his parents to Lebanon, Ohio, in 1819. He attended the common schools. He worked in a printing office for three years. He moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1835. Connected with the steamboat interests on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers as a clerk and an engineer 1835-1848. He served as general ticket agent of the Little Miami Railroad 1848-1867.

Strader was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1870. He resumed his former business interests. He moved to Ashtabula, Ohio, in 1876, where he died February 25, 1881. He was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.